Almon cooley



UNITED STATES PATENT came f y r ALMoN cooLEY, on HARTFORD, coNN., AssIeNoRTo W. si. nRRY,` una@ j ASHMEAD, E. HURLRERT, AND HENRY E. RoRRiNs, ALL on sAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT FOR HOLDING KNIFI-:AHAisiolJEs` FoRsemestrale@ l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 26,322. dated Novcmbei 29,

To @Z whom it may concern,.- i

Beit known that I, ALMON COoLEY, Vof Hartford, county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have `invented certain new and useful Improvements in Device for Securing or Holding Knife Blades and Handles, dsc., for Soldering; and I do hereby declare that the same is described and represented in the following specification and drawings; and to enable others skilled inthe art tomake and use said improvement,I will proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures. The nature of this improvement consist-spin securing the handle `and blade (or whatever article it maybe that is desired to be soldered to and extend from a handle) in their proper place and position, and so holdwhile the parts are being solderedtogether, by the use l of spring-clamps, screw-clamps, or their equivalents, substantially as hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, A is a handle. B is a blade, (or other article desired to be securedto the handle A.) C are clamp-` rods 4connected or secured to a cap, D, `(or other suitable formed or shaped device) for holding or steadying the butt-end of the handle. E is a crossbar having holes through which the elamp-rods C may pass. Said crossbar is designed 'to be madefof any desirable shape, and with such openings at F as to receive, hold, and steady theend of the blade, (or other article desired to be secured to the handle A.) The said cross-bar E may be adjusted to fit the length of the articleto be soldered by means of the nuts G,or their equiva lents, by having the screw H cut down on the rods C to the required distance. springs, placed upon the rods C, one end of which rest against the cross-bar E and the other end against the" nuts G or pins J. The same result may be produced by securing springs, something of the elliptic form,on the cross-bar and taking their bearing under the nuts or pins Gr J, or their equivalents.

There are various ways of making these I are spiral clamps for the purpose specified, ibut the ob-L; 1 j ject ofthis improvement` `is,to avoid `thefold u and tedious way of wiring, which is found @y by a careful estimate will` take ten hours `to wire one gross; of blades tothe handles and..` o four hours` to solder them, (making fourteen ,g hours,) which by this improvei'nent the same amount (one gross) can` be soldered(withoutl wiring at all) with greater easejand `with savlf ing of stock and far better work infourhours. The end of the handleand blade `(or other article) to be solderedtogetherkis `f1rst prepared so thatthe parts aputtogether will form a good joint for soldering. y `The handle` and o blade, Ste., is thenplaced between thereapol)` y1 and the cross-bar` E, aszlaforesaid, or their equivalents, (thesolder used forthe purpose, o

-whether hard or soft, being applied muchlin 1` the usual way.) Now it will@ be noticedthatif the cross-head E were secured i bythenutsQG or other device directly at the `end of the g blade, &e. the heat of the blaze will"`expand`,;` i the rods about in proportion with the blade and hand1e,&c.; but if `onesidelshould,eiripand more than the other it `wouldbevlikelytodi turb the proper positionof. the blade,`&c.,to the handle.` I thereforethink `theiuseyof springs in some formare `desirable andibetter adapted for this purpose; "11 ff o i I believe `l have thusdescribed `the nature;l construction, and operation` ofmy improvef ment, together with `some ofthe advantages; to be derived over the `foldway of wiring;soas` to enable others skilled to` make and userthe L 1, same. i i f o o What I claim, therefore, and desire-tol se` gg; eure by Letters Patent, isei The above-described.device for Iholding o knife blades, handles, 85e, for :soldering` mi." u.; gether,"or their `substantial, equivalents,lthe rods C, cap D, ban E, springs I, operatingfin Y i, the manner substantiallyas` set forth,`,for the purpose specified. j i y 1 1 i ALMoN "coonnrg [Lfsgjf g,

Witnesses: .l SAML.` I. TUTTLD, o

JEREMY W, BLrssx 

